Vessel



Patentd Ian. l7, I899.

A. BRAVEBMAN. -VESSEL CLOSURE.

(Application filed mine 7, 1898.)

' (No Model.)

' IN VENTOI? A TTOHNE VS.

rs TABS ALFRED BRAVERMAN, or FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

vsssst -ctosus.

srncrrxc'nrrolv forming part or Letters Patent No. 617,919, datedJanuary17, 1899.

Application filed June 7, 1898. Serial No. 682,809- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED BRAVERMAN, of Fresno, in the county of Fresnoand State of California, have invented a new and Improved VesseLClosure, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in 1 closures for vessels'such,for instance, as

bottles, jars, and the like; and the object is to provide a closure thatshall be simple and comparatively inexpensive in its construction anddesigned when in positionon a vessel to' indicate to a purchaser thatthe vessel conin which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is an elevation of a vessel-closure embodying my invention.Fig. 21% section on'the line a: x in Fig; 1. Fig. 3is a partialelevation and a partial vertical section thereof. Fig. 4 is a bottomplan view of the closure, and Fig. 5 shows-a modified construction ofthedevice. v

\Vhile Ihaveshown my invention as applied to a bottle, it is tobeunderstood thatit applies equally to jars for. containing jelly,pomade, or any othersubstance.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the neck of abottle, having theusual taper or The closure con-- conical mouth portion 2. sists of a cap3, having its interior conformed to the mouth portion 2 of thebottle-neck, so that when the parts are together there will be acomparatively snug fit. The closure may be made of any suitablem'aterialsuch, for instance, as porcelain, glass, metal, or the like.The closure has two diametrically opposite depending segmental portions4 5. Extended outward from the neck of the bottle wall of each of thedepending portions-is designed to engage with a sealing-lug and theother end with the stop-lug, which will pro venttheclcsure from rotatingor from becomin'g disengaged from the sealing-lugs while the sealingmaterial is drying. The walls of the depending portions are inclined, asare also the surfaces of the lugs-with which the walls engage. Bythisconstruction when the closure is moved into position to seal the bottleit will be rotated :bythe inclines to cause the depending portions toengage closely against the sealing-lugs.

When. removing the closure,it is designed that the sealing-lugs shall bebroken away, and to'i'educe the'f'rayedor broken edge on the bottle-neckto as. narrow a space as. possible I connect-the lugs witlit-hebottle-neck by narrow neck portions 10. -In Fig. 5 I have shown a wedge11, of glass or other suitable material, as engaged between thesealing-lug andthe adjacent wall of the depending portion of; theclosure, and to facilitate the entrance .of the wedge the closure has anupwardly-extended opening 12, the distance between theupper wall ofwhich and the top of the lug is substantially equal to thelength ofthewedge. Q p

a In operation, after filling the vessel an'or-. dinary cork 13 isplaced therein. applying a suitable cement to the surface of thesealing-lugs the closure is dropped into place.v In the example shown inFig. 5, however, the cement will be placed upon, both sides of the wedge11, after which the wedge is to be inserted. After the cement shall havebecome hard it will not be possible to remove the closure withoutbreaking the sealing-lugs from the bottleneck. Therefore in order toremove the closure it is to be rotated toward the sealing-lugs and awayfrom the stop-lugs. This will break the sealing-lugs away from-thebottle-neck,'le'avin'g but a very slight and narrow projection, thuspractically preventing the cutting of a persons fingers while handlingthe bottle should the fingers comein contact with the frayed edges.

Devices have heretofore been made in which the closure'is cemented tothe bottle or to projections thereon by fused glass, and also theclosures have been secured in place by bondin g a heated portion of theglass closure around a portion of the bottle neck. All

Then after such methods are impracticable because of the necessaryapplication of heat, which is liable to crack either the bottle-neck orthe closure.

It will be noted that under the construction herein shown and describedthe sealing-lugs are in plainview and that the integrity of thesealing-lugs with the bottle indicates that the bottle has not been usedbefore; also, that in my form of closure by reason of the manner inwhich the sealing-lug is fastened to the cap the sealing-lug whenbroken.- is broken off in one piece, thereby avoiding the production ofchips of glass likely to result in prior forms of closures by tappingwith a blunt instrument.-

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. Avessel-closure,comprisingsealing-lugs andstop-lugs on the vessel, the several lugs being substantially on thesame horizontal plane, and a cap adapted to fit over the mouth portionof the vessel and having depending segmental portions, 'end walls ofsaid segmental portions being adapted for sealing to the sealing-lugsand the other end walls being adapted for engagement with the stoplngs,substantially as specified.

'2. Avessel-closure,comprisingsealing-lugs projected from the vessel,stop-lugs projected from the vessel, and a cap having segmentaldepending portions, the end walls of which are inclined to engage withthe similarly-inclined surfaces of the lugs with which they engage,substantially as specified.

3. A bottle-closure, comprising diametrically opposite sealing-lugsextended from the neck of the bottle, acap having downwardly extendedsegmental portions, and wedges adapted to be inserted between thesealing lugs and the adjacent walls of the depending portions, the caphaving upwardly-extended openings to facilitate the entering of thewedges, substantially as specified.

ALFRED BRAVER MAN

